The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-15

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/ 1t, and he estimates that by the time he has
! harvested, threShed and housed the grain it
will have cost him about s., 500 At 81 a
/ hushel MS profits on this patch will be
! snug sum itself.
T. j. Woolfork, of Pope's Station, and
Miss Georgia Bird, Of Jones county, were
/ married aboard the East Tennessee Viz
ginia and Georgia train Saturday while the
cars were running forty miles an hour.
! The last words We're spoken Just as the
train entered Rose Hill Cemetery. The
newly and queerly married couple were
| congratulated on all sides by tine passengers.
who had been treated to something out of
the ordinary run of marriages. 1t was
purely love affair, and an evidence that
love laughs at locksmiths.
The Sumter County Agricultural Society,
at its regular meeting Saturday, decided to
make display at the State Fair and con-
tend for the 81 900 premium. The society
| did right, even II IL don't get cent OF the
! premiums. The society has shown by its
| action that it is not afraid to back old Sum
| ter county against any county in the State
for products of its soil, fertility of land and
| variety and stability of its resources Now
| that the society has decided TO make the
| display, it behooves every man. woman
and child in Sumter county to aid the So
ciety in its work.
There was called meeting of the officers
anu HlEluDtTs Vi w EQe-AWdKe Flfe IOtD-
| pany, held at their hall on Friday night. for
the purpose of deciding upon new dress
uniform for the company, After consider
| able discussion of the subject, the following
uniform was adopted: Frock coats of heavy
| white drilling for both officers and mem
| bars, those Of the former to be ornamented
| with brass buttons and the latter with nickel
or silver. The regulation black pantaloous
viii still be used, and the whole will make
very pretty and Snowy uniform for dress
parades and inspection.
A 9-year old son of w. D. Hayes, of
Americas, went hunting Saturday, and
while walking along he clinked together in
his hand a couple of brass shells loaded with
bird shot Finally the butts came together
and they exploded, the loads passing through
| his hands, terribly lacerating them. A por
ton of one finger was shot entirely off and
| the remainder of the hand badly mutilated
| DE was taken home in a carriage and DR..
| WeStbrook summoned at once, who ex-
tracted the fragments of bone and dressed
| the wounds, during which trying and pain
| full ordeal the little fellow sat without
shedding tear or having taken any kind
of anaesthetic.
Ed Brown, one of Americas young gro
GERS, owns horse that he calls Frank. Eds
wife has fine lot of chickens, and of late
| she has frequently complained to her hus-
band that her chickens were going off rather
mysteriously. Last Sunday a commotion
was raised by the chickens, and all ran to
sea what caused it. The thief was caught at
last. Old Frank stood by the coop with
| frying-size chicken in his mouth, which he
was proceeding TO MUNICH with evidences of
| delight. He was made TO relinquish the
| fowl and driven off, but he went with reluc-
| lance. The family returned to the house,
| but in a few minutes were recalled by the
chickens. The horse was after them again,
and had to be shut up.
o. c. ShiveTs, who lives six miles from
| Cuthbert, has a fine COW. Recently the
| milkmaid has complained that the cow was
failing in milk, but no reason could be as
| signed for the shortage. On Tuesday even
| ing Mr.. Shivers was at the lot when the
COW was turned in, and noticed that g.
| months-Old shote Immediately went to the
COW and followed her about the lot, rearing
| up against her hind legs. The COW fought
/ the hog away for awhile, the pigs hoofs
blowing into her legs, no doubt annoying
| her. But she soon lay down and the hog
at once proceeded to fill his stomach with
the milk, the COW apparently enjoying the
milking process immensely.
The commencement exercises of Andrew
| Female College, at Cuthbert, began last
| Thursday evening with an operatta. On
| Friday evening the young ladies entertained
their friends with an art levee. The Rev.
Mr. Crawford, Of Alabama, preached the
| commencement sermon on Sunday to a
large and appreciative audience. The junior
| class read original essays on Monday morn
| ing, and the sophomore recited at night.
Tuesday the seniors read essays, and Rev.
| w. s. Rogers delivered the medals. Wednes-
| day is commencement day. Rev H. G..
| Morrison delivered the literary address, and
| the President, H. w. Key, conferred the de-
| greeS. The graduating class consists of
Misses May Taunton, Elite Martin, Flower
| Allison Annie Barfield, of Cuthbert; Miss
| Della Cline, of Birmingham, Ala Miss
Wilson, of Eufaula, Ala. Miss Stella Will
son, of Savannah A good many visitors
are in the city.
| News from the Huguenin plantation on
| Flint river says that the mortality among
the negro laborers down there was even
| greater than was at first supposed. A large
| number of them are down with the disease,
| seven have died with it within the past
month or six weeks, and it was expected
| that three or four others who were in pre-
carious condition Monday morning would
die during the day. DR.. Wisdom, of
| Americus, was sent for Friday morn
| ing and spent two days among them,
| administering to their wants. He pro-
| nounces the disease Influenza which malady
| oftentimes attacks whole communities and
| frequently becomes an epidemic before its
| progress is stayed, as the facts in this case
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ment among the darkeys employed on that
and adjoining plantations over the rapid
taking Off of their friends and relatives, but
it is thought that the progress of the disease
can be stopped before a general stampede
among them takes place.
Canton AdUance: H. A. Terrell, of the
firm Of Terrell & Hendricks, tobacco manu-
facturers, of Hall Ground, called at the
Adrdnce office and left three plugs of as
fine tobacco as we have yet seen raised and
manufactured in Cherokee county 1t was
bright, well put up, and, so those say who
use it, of as fine flavor and as good as almost
any tobacco. Messrs. Terrell & Hendricks
find ready sale for this grade of tobacco at
SOC. per pound. The factory of Terrell &
Hendricks employs about fifteen hands and
sold last year about sc, 900 pounds of manu-
featured tobacco; they expect TO employ
double the number of hands this year and
thereby more than double the output
Speaking of raising tobacco and the hand
some profits farmers can and do realize
from 1t, Mr.. Terrell told us he bought the
crop of one man not long since who made
clear profit of over 5000 off a
| little over two acres of land, and
of several others in like proportion.
Cherokee county at present raises and
manufactures more tobacco than any county